Ask ScienceEnglish • 4 months ago

[Biology] The umbilical cord: is it 'necessary' to sever it, or is it designed to disconnect on its own eventually?

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[Biology] The umbilical cord: is it 'necessary' to sever it, or is it designed to disconnect on its own eventually?

Ask ScienceEnglish • 4 months ago

What are the consequences of not severing it? I imagine you’d have the weirdest bellybutton on earth if nothing else.

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7•4 months ago
Doesn’t actually belong to the baby, it’s a hybrid organ that contains DNA and tissue that comes from both the mother and the fetus.

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